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Mission Hills, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93436. It lies near Purisima Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lompoc quadrangle. 3,571 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 325 feet above sea level.

Mission Hills within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1905 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mission Hills, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Mission Hills, surveyed 1905

On record in Mission Hills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Mission Hills fell from 3,576 to 3,571 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,576
20203,571-5 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

72 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Mission Hills between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,668 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2020Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined888 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mission Hills: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Acin QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Gann QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Las Cruces QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Schuyler PitStonePast Producer
Tolbert PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dibble PitDiatomitePast Producer
Grefco Diatomite MillDiatomiteProducer
Unnamed Diatomite DepositsDiatomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Barbara County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mesa Oaks0.4 miles32
Mission La Purisima (historical)1.2 miles32
Vandenberg Village2.2 miles32
Ellwood Estates2.8 miles32
Lompoc3.4 miles32
Lompoc Village3.6 miles32
Acorn (historical)3.8 miles32
Foothill Estates4.4 miles32

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Mission HillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1918669The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867041. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.